Bold Man of the Sea
My Epic Journey
2001
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Abridged edition
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (Verlag)
9781840323085 (ISBN)
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (Verlag)
9781840323085 (ISBN)
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Millions around the world were thrilled by the sight of Jim Shekhdar wading ashore in Queensland Australia. Jim Shekhdar had become the first person to row across the Pacific single-handedly refusing offers of help 150 yards out so as not to invalidate his attempt. Here, he recounts his tale.
Millions around the world were thrilled by the unforgettable sight of Jim Shekhdar wading ashore in Queensland Australia. He had become the first person to row across the Pacific single-handedly even if he did have to refuse offers of help 150 yards out so as not to invalidate his attempt. In the tradition of great and eccentric travellers, his journey started badly when he was refused permission to set off from Chile; when he departed from Peru, he realised he had set off without a tin opener, and then ran out of cooking gas. The journey became more perilous when he had to fend off sharks with a makeshift spear, as telecommunications equipment failed and as an oil tanker nearly ended Jim Shekhdar's life. Here, the man himself, recounts his epic tale.
Millions around the world were thrilled by the unforgettable sight of Jim Shekhdar wading ashore in Queensland Australia. He had become the first person to row across the Pacific single-handedly even if he did have to refuse offers of help 150 yards out so as not to invalidate his attempt. In the tradition of great and eccentric travellers, his journey started badly when he was refused permission to set off from Chile; when he departed from Peru, he realised he had set off without a tin opener, and then ran out of cooking gas. The journey became more perilous when he had to fend off sharks with a makeshift spear, as telecommunications equipment failed and as an oil tanker nearly ended Jim Shekhdar's life. Here, the man himself, recounts his epic tale.
Jim Shekhdar was born in 1946 in Leamington Spa. Trained as a civil engineer, he worked on the M4 motorway in England, a variety of projects in Australia, roads in New Zealand and New Guinea, airports in Zaire and flats in the United Arab Emirates. Most recently he has worked in computers. He rowed across the Atlantic with David Jackson in 1997. He was scheduled for a hip replacement operation, but postponed it for his epic Pacific journey.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.11.2001 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Pack Pack |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 106 x 139 mm |
| Gewicht | 113 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781840323085 / 9781840323085 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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